NWO past de subsidies Veni, Vidi en Vici aan. Er komt meer geld voor excellente onderzoekers. De subsidies worden hoger, indienmogelijkheden voor hoogleraren zijn ruimer en er is minder papierwerk vooraf. Ook is er aandacht voor kennisbenutting, komen er meer mogelijkheden voor multidisciplinaire voorstellen en worden voorstellen uit verschillende gebieden met elkaar vergeleken.

De veranderingen worden doorgevoerd naar aanleiding van een evaluatie over de afgelopen jaren. In november en december organiseert NWO voor onderzoekers een aantal voorlichtingsbijeenkomsten over de wijzigingen.

Hendrik Casimir-Karl Ziegler Onderzoekstipendium

KNAW Subsidie/beurs: het Nederlandse onderzoeksstipendium bedraagt maximaal 50.000 euro voor een verblijf van één jaar als gastonderzoeker aan een universiteit of onderzoeksinstelling in Noordrijn-Westfalen.

Aanvraagprocedure: voor de ronde 2009 kunnen kandidaten tot 1 januari 2009 een aanvraag indienen.

CO-REACH has launched a joint call for proposals on Social Science Collaborative Research between Europe and China (CO-REACH-SSR). This first joint call is a pilot designed to facilitate the co-operation between the CO-REACH partner countries. Proposals in the following thematic areas will be invited: Demography, Family and Welfare Cultural Heritage Law, Governance and Policy Making Participation, Co-determination, Employment and the Quality of Life Labour Market Change, Migration and Social Cohesion

LIFE+ (2007-2013), the new Financial Instrument for the Environment, has entered into force with the publication of the Regulation in the Official Journal L149 of 9 June 2007.

European Environment re-launches as Environmental Policy and Governance in 2009

Wiley-Blackwell and the ERP Environment editorial team announce that the journal, European Environment, will re-launch from 2009, which will see the journal extend its scope and start a new partnership with the European Society for Ecological Economics (ESEE).

Recently Dr. Matty Berg (Institute of Ecological Science, Vrije Universiteit) visited the Duivelsberg with TV-Gelderland.

If you are interested in the end-result, have a look at:

http://buitengewoon.omroepgelderland.nl/home/natuur-in-beeld..
../buitengewoon-tv/buitengewoon/3722 (BuitenGewoon: 8 mei, dood hout)

The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) announces the creation of a new e-mail list, ENERGY-L, for the distribution of announcements related to international sustainable energy activities.

Sign up for ENERGY-L at http://www.iisd.ca/email/subscribe.htm (check your email after subscribing and respond to a confirmation email.)

Any subscriber can use this new list to send announcements to the other subscribers on the list by sending emails to ENERGY-L@lists.iisd.ca

For assistance in subscribing to ENERGY-L, please send email to enb@iisd.org

Translation of my PhD research in a teaching package
for secondary school students:

"The joy of discovering is often the motive of a PhD student for his/her scientific research.

Also for me it all started with the dream that my PhD project would change the world. Although it is known for more than half a century, I will never forget the day I discovered myself the huge potential of salinity-gradient energy, or so-called Blue Energy.

Wherever in the world fresh water and salt water are mixing, think of estuaries, sustainable electricity can be generated by using membrane-based techniques. The estimated potential is 2.4 TW, which is about 20% of the global energy demand..."

Jan Post has also earned his SENSE A2 credits by doing this inspiring project.

Would you like your PhD dissertation (or other relevant book publication) to be published in a special SENSE series?!

Then you may now apply for acceptance of your manuscript to the:

—SENSE: Studies in Environmental Change—

SENSE has started a new series of publications in which SENSE PhD students may publish their dissertation (if accepted by the Editorial Board and the Publisher). This new SENSE Series will be dedicated to further the dissemination of excellent and original PhD research with a strong scientific and societal relevance.

The reason for launching this new initiative lies in the fact that PhD research in the environmental sciences deserves to be noted by a large audience and the active role of a professional publisher will contribute to promoting this. Both the research and the researcher will benefit from a good presentation and availability of the work!

Editorial Board Members:

• Prof. Rik Leemans
• Prof. Kornelis Blok
• Prof. Nico van Straalen

Publisher: Techne Press

If you wish to apply for this attractive possibility, then please
contact Dr. Ad van Dommelen at: ad.van.dommelen@ivm.vu.nl

A new interactive website at www.climezine.com intends to collect news on environmental issues and climate change. Visitors of Climezine.com can submit news (after registration) and comment on news items.

Private Institutions and Global Governance: The New Politics of Environmental Sustainability, by Philipp Pattberg (IVM, Vrije Universiteit)